Llama 3.2 3B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB runs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct excellently at 75 tok/s at Q8_0. This is a strong pairing.

Model Size

3.21B

Device VRAM

16 GB

Bandwidth

288 GB/s

Quantizations Tested

Performance by Quantization

Each row shows Llama 3.2 3B Instruct performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB.

Quantization	Speed	TTFT	Fits in VRAM	Rating	Confidence
Q8_0	75 tok/s	60ms	✓ Yes	Excellent	estimated

Notes

Q8_0

Q8_0 fits with 12GB headroom. 288 GB/s bandwidth delivers excellent 3B inference.

About Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (3.21B) is a chat, coding, ai coding, reasoning model. Ultra-lightweight model that runs on virtually any GPU. Surprisingly capable for its size — good at summarization, simple coding tasks, and quick chat. The default choice when speed matters more than depth.

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